New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

Tiny glass beads from Apollo missions reveal Moon's ancient volcanic eruptions through sparkling mineral coatings.

YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of ...

Tianwen-2 could help nab Kamo'oalewa's origins once and for all. After spending several months orbiting and observing the ...

YR4, which was previously considered the highest recorded impact risk to Earth, has recently attracted attention again due to ...

Researchers said the 200ft asteroid’s latest probability of impacting the Moon had increased to 4.3 per cent from the previous estimate of about 3.8 per cent. There is still an over 95 per cent chance ...

YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

NASA is monitoring three asteroids soaring past the Earth at about 8,000 to 15,000 miles per hour, the biggest of which ...

As a result of the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system now consists of eight planets, nine dwarf planets, 891 confirmed moons or ...